LucasArts reveals Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- June 19, 2008 11:09 AM PST
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LucasArts confirmed two new games today based on the Clone Wars animated series--and one features Wiimote-controlled lightsaber battles!
Clone Wars looking good on Wii
LucasArts is prepared to make many a Star Wars fans' dreams come true this fall with Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which will feature lightsaber battles controlled by the Wiimote. The publisher also confirmed a Nintendo DS version of the game, sans motion sensing action, that will drop alongside the Wii version (and the movie/TV series).
"Clone Wars for the Wii is all about lightsaber dueling," producer Ken Fox told IGN. "It's about swinging your Wii remote like a Lightsaber and recreating what we know will be classic Lightsaber battles from the movie and the show."
Fox said the lightsaber will be controlled by Wii remote movements. Player movement will be controlled by the analog stick on the nunchuk. Force powers can be performed through button presses, he said.
This latest Star Wars venture joins Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which is also arriving on store shelves this fall. The Wii version of that title will also feature prominent motion controls, although The Clone Wars is the first game that LucasArts has explicitly said will feature near one-to-one sword fighting.
"We really tried to make it feel like you get to swing your Lightsaber 'manually'," Fox said. "In short, it feels like the most natural and convincing sword type experience I've had on the Wii. And on top of that, it's not just a sword, it's a lightsaber."
In related news, former LucasArts employees (recently let go in the massive 80% layoffs from last week), said that LucasArts is developing a number of other Star Wars game franchise sequels, including Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 3, and Star Wars Battlefront 3. There was no confirmation from LucasArts on those titles, but the company sadly admitted it will not be making any announcements at E3 due to "noise surrounding the show."
The new Star Wars: The Clone Wars games are scheduled to arrive sometime in November.
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- Jun 19 2008 at 08:50:28:AM PST
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YAY! Another seemingly subpar LIGHTSABER WIIMOTE WAGGLING PIECE OF SHOVELWARE! I hope they don't rush this to come out with the movie. You know they are.
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WOW! I'm starting to wonder how long does it take to pump out a Wii game? It seems like they had a little extra time and said, " Lets make a lightsaber game, since we are here already ." I am not excited at all about this game.Pass on it.
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YAY! Another seemingly subpar LIGHTSABER WIIMOTE WAGGLING PIECE OF SHOVELWARE! I hope they don't rush this to come out with the movie. You know they are.Umm...as if there's a number of lightsaber games for the Wii?
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By the way method, I know you said seemingly but still there's only 2 lightsaber games in development for the Wii.
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my next wii game. i just hope the controls are tight and its easy on the eyes. i havent bought a wii game since ssbb
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